[justjim]

Has anybody on TOTV tried a course with the six inch holes? Do you have a friend or neighbor who has and how did he/she like it?

I see where they have extended the experiment into July. Turtle Mound on Thursday's and El Santiago on Mondays. We are in Illinois so will miss out on seeing and trying the six inch holes.

If golfers would play from their correct tees, that would help more than the six inch holes IMHO. This goes for both executive and championship courses.

[zcaveman]

We have tried them twice. Unless you shoot directly at the hole there is no difference. We have made a couple of putts that we would have missed if we had the smaller holes but I think that is because we did not pay as much attention.

We missed them right, left, short and long - just like the regulation holes.

There is a big todo about nothing with the larger hole. The purists can complain all they want but I do not think they made much of a difference.

It is all in the stroke.

Z

[pooh]

Originally Posted by zcaveman

We have tried them it twice. Unless you shoot directly at the hole there is no difference. We have made a couple of putts that we would have missed if we had the smaller holes but I think that is because we did not pay as much attention.

We missed them right, left, short and long - just like the regulation holes.

There is a big todo about nothing with the larger hole. The purists can complain all they want but I do not think they made much of a difference.

It is all in the stroke.

Z

[DonH57]

I'm looking forward at some point to trying them.

[karostay]

Is there a Clown and a Windmill between the tee and the hole ?

[rubicon]

If as reported there is no appreciable difference between a 6"hole and a 4 1/4"then why bother?

[alwann]

Okay, tell me again what this hopes to achieve. It doesn't speed up the pace of play, and I doubt fewer putts are sunk over all.

I played Palmetto today and the marshal apologized for the slow pace. The group ahead of us had three holes open in front of them. Slow play is typical on weekends and during the winter. He agreed, larger holes don't mean much when players take 8 shots to reach the green on a par 3 and can't ever get out of bunkers.

If the goal is to make golf more enjoyable for new players and speed the pace of play, marshals and starters should remind players that beginners and high handicappers shouldn't worry too much about score; pick up the ball after double par and move on.

[zcaveman]

Originally Posted by karostay

Is there a Clown and a Windmill between the tee and the hole ?

Usually the clown is ME and the windmill is Me swinging the club!!!!

But that is on all courses.

Z

[zcaveman]

Originally Posted by alwann

Okay, tell me again what this hopes to achieve. It doesn't speed up the pace of play, and I doubt fewer putts are sunk over all.

I played Palmetto today and the marshal apologized for the slow pace. The group ahead of us had three holes open in front of them. Slow play is typical on weekends and during the winter. He agreed, larger holes don't mean much when players take 8 shots to reach the green on a par 3 and can't ever get out of bunkers.

If the goal is to make golf more enjoyable for new players and speed the pace of play, marshals and starters should remind players that beginners and high handicappers shouldn't worry too much about score; pick up the ball after double par and move on.

Nothing will speed up play with social golfers.

Z

[karostay]

Originally Posted by zcaveman

Usually the clown is ME and the windmill is Me swinging the club!!!!

But that is on all courses.

Z

is there water feature we should be aware of

[DonH57]

Between not picking up after double par you have those who play with no sense of urgency or playing two*or more balls and don't care there are those following.

[looneycat]

as to the topic, I just played turtle mound with regular holes, the 6 inch plugs were quite obvious and we all tried putting over them and all felt it made the hole way too easy. So what would they call this, because it ain't golf!

[looneycat]

Originally Posted by alwann

Okay, tell me again what this hopes to achieve. It doesn't speed up the pace of play, and I doubt fewer putts are sunk over all.

I played Palmetto today and the marshal apologized for the slow pace. The group ahead of us had three holes open in front of them. Slow play is typical on weekends and during the winter. He agreed, larger holes don't mean much when players take 8 shots to reach the green on a par 3 and can't ever get out of bunkers.

If the goal is to make golf more enjoyable for new players and speed the pace of play, marshals and starters should remind players that beginners and high handicappers shouldn't worry too much about score; pick up the ball after double par and move on.

quite true, however, so many rush to tee off the second the group ahead leaves the tee...thus they are finishing when the group ahead just teed off....wonder why you wait??

[zcaveman]

Originally Posted by alwann

If the goal is to make golf more enjoyable for new players and speed the pace of play, marshals and starters should remind players that beginners and high handicappers shouldn't worry too much about score; pick up the ball after double par and move on.

When my wife first started playing, the field marshal (or what ever they are called), told my wife to tee off and try one or two shots and pick up and putt the remaining three shots. For starters, the putting is the most fun.

She is now a pretty good golfer. She uses a tee on the fairway shots to improve her chances of making the greens in two or three on the long holes.

Z

[mrfixit]

Originally Posted by rubicon

If as reported there is no appreciable difference between a 6"hole and a 4 1/4"then why bother?

Perhaps they may not understand math..........